While this study is interesting it isn't that surprising. It's been the most plausible explanation for Bigfoot sightings for decades. A bear standing on it's hind legs does look fairly humanoid. Compound that with the likelihood that the animal is being obscured by foliage and the fact that the average person is terrible at accurately estimating size from a distance and it all makes sense.
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So what you're saying is there is a secret society of upright walking bear people?
It's always the simplest explanation.
Mangey upright walking black bears? There’s Pedals in New Jersey that seems to be thriving in some context.
So Bigfoot likes to hang out with bears.
Of course they do, bigfoot lives in the forest lmao
Science confirms Bigfeet feed on black bears.
Bigfoot is real....but only in my heart. Like Santa.
Hmmm, they might be one in the same.
"Down where the Sasquatch hide
In the misty mountainside
He's got shiny diamonds that he's got to protect
Look into the Sasquatch eye
Then you'll know that sass can fly
Sasquatch is my daddy and he's going to protect me!"
- JB, Tenacious D
WET'S TAKE A DIP IN DA STWAWBEWWY WIVER!
Just asking, has anyone seen a sasquach during Christmas holidays?
I’ve always believed a lot of the sightings were either standing bears or raccoons in trees.
What about raccoons standing on bears?
In a trench coat.
So bigfoot hunts bears.
“Hey dude! Check out my hooman impersonation… they go like this! ”
“Dude, cut it out. The idiots are behind you. They’re gonna shoot you thinking your Pedals! And stuff you!”
Study find that black bear siteings correlate with lower credit scores.
No shit...
Bears can walk on their hind legs, but there would be no mistaking that for a primate gait.
Bear:
https://youtu.be/kcIkQaLJ9r8
"Bigfoot":
https://youtu.be/Q60mSMmhTZU
You used a known fake as your reference....
See the " "'s? :)
Right, eyewitness testimony is definitely known for its accuracy, especially when it comes to the way someone is walking at 100 yards away. I mean you can just count on it.